19wm(1)                      General Commands Manual                     9wm(1)
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NAME

6       9wm - rio-like Window Manager for X
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SYNOPSIS

9       9wm [ -border ] [ -cursor cursor ] [ -version ] [ -font fname ] [ -term
10       termprog ] [ -active color ] [ -inactive color ] [ exit|restart ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       9wm is a window manager for X which attempts to emulate the window man‐
15       agement policies of Plan 9's rio window manager.
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17       9wm  is  click-to-type: it has a notion of the current window, which is
18       usually on top, and always has its border darkened.   Characters  typed
19       at  the keyboard go to the current window, and mouse clicks outside the
20       current window are swallowed up by 9wm.  To  make  another  window  the
21       current  one,  click  on  it with button 1.  Unlike other X window man‐
22       agers, 9wm implements `mouse focus': mouse events are sent only to  the
23       current window.
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OPTIONS

27       -border
28              Shrinks the size of window borders to be more like Plan9.
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30       -cursor cursor
31              Sets  the cursor to one of two custom Plan9-style cursors: v1 or
32              blit.  Use this option for maximum authenticity.
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35              Sets the font in 9wm's menu to fname, overriding the default.
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37       -term termprog
38              Specifies an alternative program to run when the New  menu  item
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42              Sets  the  color  of the active window border, which defaults to
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46              Sets the color of the inactive window border, which defaults  to
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49       -version
50              Prints the current version on standard error, then exits.
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54       A  menu  of window operations is available by pressing button 3 outside
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57       New    attempts to spawn an xterm process (unless the -term argument is
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60       All  of  the next operations change the cursor into a target, prompting
61       the user to click button 3 on one of the windows to select it  for  the
62       operation.  At this stage, clicking button 1 or 2 will abort the opera‐
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65       Resize The user is prompted to sweep out the new outline with button 3.
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67       Move   The user should keep the button  held  down  after  the  initial
68              click that selected the window, and drag the window to the right
69              place before releasing.  In either case,  button  1  or  2  will
70              abort the operation.
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72       Delete The  window  will  be deleted when the button is released.  This
73              typically kills the client that owns the window.
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75       Hide   Makes the window invisible.  While  hidden,  the  window's  name
76              appears on the bottom of the button 3 menu.  Selecting that item
77              brings the window back (unhides it).   This  operation  replaces
78              the iconification feature provided by other window managers.
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80       To  make 9wm exit, you have to run 9wm exit on the command line.  There
81       is no ``exit'' menu item.
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BUGS

85       Is not completely compatible with rio.
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SEE ALSO

91       9term(1), xterm(1).
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